---
title: Other Parties
summary: Manage employer/insurer and attorney firm associations for a case, with discovery flags.
status: draft
owner: <owner>
last_reviewed: 2026-08-21
---

# Other Parties

Other Parties (`frmOtherParties.aspx`) manages employer/insurer and attorney firm associations for a case, including discovery flags for each party.

## Entry conditions
- Menu navigation from any screen while a case is in context.

## Fields

| Field | Control type | Purpose | Validation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ddlCases` | DropDownList | Case selector | — |
| `dgFirm` | ig:WebDataGrid | Other parties grid (employer firm, employer discovery flag, attorney firm, attorney discovery flag, attorney person) | Inline editing |

## Operations

| Operation | Trigger | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Save | Toolbar Save | Validates and writes the other-parties collection |
| Insert | Toolbar Insert | Adds new other-party row |
| Delete | Toolbar Delete | Removes selected other party |

## Business rules

| Rule ID | Rule | Enforcement | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [BR-APP-003](../application/business-rules.md#br-app-003-consolidated-case-state-propagation) | Secondary consolidated cases have editing disabled; a message directs the user to the primary case | `frmOtherParties.aspx.vb` | `Legal/frmOtherParties.aspx.vb:51` |
| [BR-SCR-026](../application/business-rules.md#br-scr-026-other-parties-warns-before-case-switch-with-unsaved-edits) | A dirty-check warning appears on case switch | `frmOtherParties.aspx.vb` | `Legal/frmOtherParties.aspx.vb:108` |

## Infragistics components

| Control ID | Control type | SAIF wrapper | Infragistics base | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `dgFirm` | `ig:WebDataGrid` | — | `Infragistics.Web.UI.GridControls.WebDataGrid` (v11.1) | Inline-editable other-parties grid with three `DropDownProvider`s (employer, attorney firm, attorney person) |

## Navigation

| Target | Trigger | Parameters |
| --- | --- | --- |
| All screens | `SAIFMenu` side menu | Existing case/claim context |

## Sources
- `Legal/frmOtherParties.aspx`
- `Legal/frmOtherParties.aspx.vb`